Legal News 02/2013 (Page 8)

SAN DIEGO — A Vista lawyer spent nearly half the night locked up by mistake in a San Diego jail visiting room Tuesday night. The lawyer, Erubey Lopez, said he went to the downtown jail to visit a client. He got a visitor's badge and was escorted to ...(Feb 22, 2013, U-T San Diego)

Prenda Lawyer Hires His Own Lawyer, Tries To Tapdance His Way Out Of A Jail ...

Prenda Lawyer Hires His Own Lawyer, Tries To Tapdance His Way Out Of A Jail ...(Feb 22, 2013, Techdirt)

No Deposition for Lawyer in Trayvon Martin Case

Lawyers for Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree in Martin's shooting death, wanted to question attorney Benjamin Crump. The out-spoken attorney has said he talked to Martin's girlfriend and she was on the phone with Martin in the minutes ...(Feb 23, 2013, ABC News)

No deposition for lawyer in Trayvon Martin case

Lawyers for Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree in Martin's shooting death, wanted to question attorney Benjamin Crump. The out-spoken attorney has said he talked to Martin's girlfriend and she was on the phone with Martin in the minutes ...(Feb 23, 2013, MiamiHerald.com)

The remnants of 52 Zarriello Lane in West Haverstraw Jan. 17, 2012, as seen through a hole blasted in the wall of 54 Zarriello Lane. The house was destroyed in a gas explosion, Orlando Rodriguez's home at 54 Zarriello was condemned because of damage ...(Feb 23, 2013, The Journal News | LoHud.com)

Lawyer: Banks Taking Donations for Boy in Bunker

Ozark lawyer Joe Adams says the Commercial Bank in Dale County and Friend Bank in Dothan are taking donations for a conservator account set up to benefit Ethan Gilman of Midland City. The account was established with court oversight to make sure any ...(Feb 23, 2013, WPMI Local 15 News)

Lawyer Trapped, Forgotten Inside Local Jail

A North County lawyer is furious after being trapped and forgotten inside a local jail for hours. Attorney Erubey Lopez spoke to NBC 7 about the ordeal for the first time Friday,. Lopez said it all began when he was trying to visit a client in jail on ...(Feb 23, 2013, NBC 7 San Diego)

For criminal lawyer Calvin Coleman, writing is not a relaxing hobby. “Writing is pure misery,” Coleman said. “I've written all my life ... just for myself. It's painful, because nothing you write is good enough. A paragraph is never finished. A ...(Feb 23, 2013, Gaston Gazette)

Lawyer objects to accidental imprisonment while visiting client

A San Diego lawyer is filing a complaint after being stuck inside a waiting room at a local jail for hours during a visit to a client on Tuesday. Attorney Erubey López told KNSD-TV on Friday that he found himself trapped in the room at the San Diego ...(Feb 23, 2013, Raw Story)

Lawyer from Naperville fined in death of baby swan

Lawyer from Naperville fined in death of baby swan. BY BILL BIRD [email protected] February 23, 2013 5:18PM. An attorney from Naperville has been ordered to pay a total of $700 in fines and restitution for piloting his power boat through a ...(Feb 23, 2013, Naperville Sun)

Lawyer: “Prior To His Death, Detainee Complained Of Pain Due To Ongoing ...

Lawyer: “Prior To His Death, Detainee Complained Of Pain Due To Ongoing ...(Feb 23, 2013, International Middle East Media Center)

New Canaan lawyer receives professional awards

He was also recognized for the sixth consecutive year as a "Super Lawyer" in Connecticut and New England by Super Lawyers Magazine for his work in commercial litigation defense. He also was elected a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar ...(Feb 24, 2013, Newcanaannewsonline)

By The Associated Press. JOHANNESBURG -The family lawyer of Oscar Pistorius says the brother of the Olympic paraplegic athlete is facing culpable homicide charge in a 2010 road death. Laywer Kenny Oldwage would not confirm details of the case Carl ...(Feb 24, 2013, NBCNews.com)

Shawano lawyer disbarred for malpractice

Joan Boyd of Gillett has agreed to give up her license because she said she can't successfully defend against the counts that involve eight grievance investigations before the Office of Lawyer Regulation as well as multiple other allegations of ...(Feb 24, 2013, Green Bay Press Gazette)

NSSF former lawyer Dr. Joseph Byamugisha will not get the sh30b he is demanding for representing the Fund in the Alcon case because he delayed to make contractual claims. The Fund's corporation secretary, David Nambale, said: "Byamugisha has ...(Feb 24, 2013, AllAfrica.com)

'Hell John' Burson was a noted, well remembered lawyer in Bristol

Bristol has had, and does have, many lawyers. I have made a special study of those who practiced here during the first 50 years of the city's existence. There was a surprising number here during that period. Most of them remain unknown, except to the ...(Feb 24, 2013, TriCities.com)

How to Choose a Lawyer: Washington County Judge Greg Galler

Lawyers vary greatly in their expertise, experience, abilities, and costs. Like everyone else, they also have widely ranging personalities and habits. Some lawyers focus on quietly reaching agreements to settle cases. Others have more of a “take no ...(Feb 24, 2013, Patch.com)

Autopsy: No Abuse of Dead PA Prisoner; Lawyer: He Was Tortured

Palestinian Authority Prisoners Ministry lawyer Kameel Sabbagh insisted that Jaradat was tortured by Israeli interrogators. He told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency that at the prisoner's most recent hearing last Thursday, the prisoner complained ...(Feb 24, 2013, The Jewish Press)

From Pixar animation to the iMac, Washington lawyer is making his mark

Lupo, a partner at Arent Fox in Washington, led a team of intellectual property lawyers that pored over thousands of images of trash from “Wall-E,” scoured the logos of cars from “Cars,” and figured out how “Ratatouille” could show the Eiffel Tower ...(Feb 24, 2013, Washington Post)

Washington antitrust lawyer a common thread in two major mergers

The resurgence of the mega-merger is also putting K Street in the spotlight, especially the Washington lawyers at Dechert. The Philadelphia-based firm is representing US Airways in the proposed merger with American Airlines, and OfficeMax in the ...(Feb 24, 2013, Washington Post)

Anthony bankruptcy lawyer: Delay hearing on transfer to Orlando

At the time the Anthony hearing was set, Schrader's co-counsel in the Mirabilis case — an unidentified Orlando-based lawyer — was scheduled to appear at the Mirabilis final evidentiary hearing this month, according to Schrader. That lawyer has now ...(Feb 24, 2013, Orlando Sentinel)

Judge Greg Galler: How to Choose a Lawyer

Lawyers vary greatly in their expertise, experience, abilities, and costs. Like everyone else, they also have widely ranging personalities and habits. Some lawyers focus on quietly reaching agreements to settle cases. Others have more of a “take no ...(Feb 25, 2013, Patch.com)

Pistorius May Ask to Ease Bail Conditions, Lawyer Says

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee track star charged with the murder of his girlfriend, is considering asking the court to ease bail conditions that include reporting to police twice a week, his lawyer Kenny Oldwage said. The athlete, known as the ...(Feb 25, 2013, Bloomberg)

Lawyer trapped for hours in San Diego jail room

Lawyer trapped for hours in San Diego jail room. Published February 25, 2013. Associated Press. SAN DIEGO – An attorney says he went to the downtown San Diego jail to visit a client and ended up becoming a prisoner himself. U-T San Diego reported ...(Feb 25, 2013, Fox News)

Judge expected to rule on man's lawyer

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) - A Niagara County judge is expected to make a ruling by next week about the lawyer of a man accused of shooting a two year old in the face. Willie Scott, 32, pleaded not guilty to assault . His lawyer Angelo Musitano has ...(Feb 25, 2013, WIVB)

Raid on Delco lawyer's "rescue" exposes loophole in law

The raid Friday on a Delaware County dog "rescue" exposed a gaping loophole in the 2008 state dog law. Under the landmark law designed to curb puppy mills in Pennsylvania, so-called "rescue networks" were required to be licensed, just as other breeding ...(Feb 25, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer (blog))

30 jailed Omani activists end hunger strike: lawyer

Thirty jailed Omani activists have ended their two weeks-long hunger strike after the country's Supreme Court began reviewing their appeals, a lawyer defending them told AFP on Monday. "The detainees suspended their hunger strike after they learnt that ...(Feb 25, 2013, GlobalPost)

Lawyer told me to say I heard voices, Belgian killer tells court

GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - A Belgian charged with stabbing two babies to death at a day-care centre stunned a court on Monday when he said it had been his lawyer's idea to tell investigators he had been driven by voices in his head. Kim De Gelder, 24, ...(Feb 25, 2013, Reuters)

Assuming attorney Mark Heller's goal during LiLo's proceedings is to generate as much publicity for himself as humanly possible, everything is going swimmingly! But what if his priority is, instead, keeping Lindsay Lohan out of jail? Uhh, the jury is ...(Feb 25, 2013, PerezHilton.com)

Lawyer from Staten Island sentenced to 4 to 12 years for real estate swindles

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Prosecutors said a lawyer who lives on Staten Island fleeced his clients in Brooklyn real-estate deals. Now, it's Guy Giuliano's turn to get sheared: A Brooklyn justice sentenced him Monday to up to 12 years behind bars. Giuliano ...(Feb 25, 2013, SILive.com)

Gettysburg lawyer disbarred

A Gettysburg lawyer disbarred last week is facing an investigation into whether she defrauded clients, according to Adams County's district attorney. Wendy Weikal-Beauchat, a principal at the firm Beauchat & Beauchat at 63 W. High St. in Gettysburg ...(Feb 25, 2013, The Evening Sun)

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News. An insurance agent charged with helping a Zumba instructor run a prostitution business thinks X-rated images of the liaisons are too hot for the jury to handle. A lawyer for Mark Strong asked a Maine judge on ...(Feb 25, 2013, NBCNews.com (blog))

William Meyers, an oil and gas lawyer and co-founder of his firm's New Orleans ...

William Meyers, an oil and gas lawyer and co-founder of his firm's New Orleans ...(Feb 25, 2013, NOLA.com)

A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old Massachusetts rapper who appears in sexually suggestive videos is criticizing authorities' decision to investigate whether the boy is the victim of possible child abuse or neglect. The boy who performs as "Lil ...(Feb 26, 2013, Press Herald)

Roe v. Wade lawyer surprised the battle rages on

The then-26-year-old Texas lawyer did convince them, and won the decision that came to be known as Roe v. Wade. Forty years later, she finds it difficult to believe that the issue of the legality of abortion rages on. “I assumed it would take just a ...(Feb 26, 2013, Durham Herald Sun)

Civil rights lawyer explains the New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander, a civil rights lawyer who gained national renown after publishing the book “The New Jim Crow,” spoke to the audience about the phenomenon of mass incarceration in the United States, which she described as a legalized form of racial ...(Feb 26, 2013, Yale Daily News (blog))

2 Bahrain police acquitted of killing protester: lawyer

A Bahraini court on Tuesday acquitted two policemen who were charged with shooting dead a Shiite protester two years ago, lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi wrote on his Twitter account. The Higher Criminal Court said that "as interior ministry employees, the ...(Feb 26, 2013, GlobalPost)

Lawyer: OH School Shooting Suspect to Plead Guilty

Lawyer: OH School Shooting Suspect to Plead Guilty. CHARDON, Ohio February 26, 2013 (AP). A teenager charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school a year ago plans to plead guilty, his attorney said Tuesday. Eighteen-year-old T.J. Lane ...(Feb 26, 2013, ABC News)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors are calling final witnesses to rebut testimony from an Austin lawyer facing racketeering charges in a South Texas judicial corruption case. Lawyers for Marc Rosenthal rested Monday after he spent three days on ...(Feb 26, 2013, Houston Chronicle)

Litvinenko Lawyer Accuses UK, Russia of Cover-Up

A lawyer for the family of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko accused the British and Russian governments Tuesday of trying to stymie a long-delayed inquest into his poisoning death. Litvinenko, a Russian intelligence agent turned Kremlin critic ...(Feb 26, 2013, ABC News)